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  • Malware is on the rise!

    Malicious Email

    At this time of year the cyber criminals become a lot more active, it is their chance to get more money from unsuspecting consumers. I have seen a lot more email slipping through the cracks, as the bad actors manipulate their malicious messages to avoid detection. Over the last few days I have seen email…

  • Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup

    Clive's Cyber News

    A variety of stories this week but probably one of the most important things is the news about the UK Governments IoT security law – The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bill. A government minister is quoted that it is putting up a firewall for consumers – I am pretty certain it is not…

  • Zakupy przez internet – kilka zasad, które musisz znać

    Black Friday (Czarny Piątek) zostal zapoczątkowany w USA, ale od około 2010 roku nabiera rozpędu również w Wielkiej Brytanii. W tym roku, przypada w piątek 26 listopada, ale wielu sprzedawców, jak już napewno się przekonałeś zaczęło kusic świetnymi ofertami od początku listopada. Więc, czy napewno Black Friday czy być może powinniśmy nazwać go Czarnym Listopadem…

  • Biznes w dobie nieskończonych zmian

    Wraz z szybką ewolucją technologiczną i postępujacą globalizacją, nawet na długo przed pandemią COVID-u, znaleźliśmy się w dobie postępujących i nieskończonych zmian.   Dawno temu Heraklitus, Grecki filozof wypowiedział swoje słynne słowa: “zmiana jest jedyną stałą.” Zmiana wiąże się z wyborem, i czy ją zaakceptujemy, czy odrzycimy i pozostaniemy w tyle zależy od nas samych.…

  • The 2021 Geek’s Christmas Present List

    Father Christmas

    So it is coming round to the Christmas holiday season so that means I get another opportunity to bring you my Geek’s Christmas Present List. If you have a geek in your life these suggestions hopefully will give you some ideas what to get them for their stockings… If you are a geek then forward…

  • Clive’s weekly Cyber Security roundup

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    This is a weekly round-up of the articles from Smart Thinking Solutions, our specialist cybersecurity, governance and compliance web site.

  • 20 years of Xbox – the Live Stream 18:00 GMT

    If you are a big fan of Xbox – (something that passed me by, but did interest my children), you will want to catch the Live Stream this evening of the twentieth anniversary celebration of all things Xbox. Yes, you read that right. It is twenty years since Xbox burst into our lives and suddenly…

  • Shop online with confidence

    Black Friday originated in the USA but since around 2010 it gradually built-up momentum in the UK too. This year, Black Friday falls on Friday 26 November but many retailers have already started offering some great deals. So, is it really Black Friday or should we call it Black November instead? One thing is sure,…

  • Clive’s weekly cyber security round-up

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    The theme this week seems to be your privacy, your family’s privacy, your friends and colleagues privacy and your business’s management of privacy.

  • Clive’s weekly cyber security round-up

    Clive's weekly cybersecurity news round up logo

    The Cyber Awareness Month project for October has now finished. Over the month Diana and I have produced a post everyday highlighting cyber security issues that have real impact on businesses today (well two or three of the articles were lighter, you do have to smile sometimes). If you want to catch up with all…

  • What responsibilities do companies have for the environment and how does technology help?

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    Over the last twenty years or more, most governments have gently changed our attitudes and behaviours using nudging. How many people would regard it as OK these days to drink and drive, smoke in front of children, or spit in public? In thirty years’ time I can envisage young people being upset at older people…

  • Business in an Age of Infinite Change

    With rapid technological evolution and the globalisation of business, long before the COVID pandemic happened, we are living in an age of continuous change.   Long ago Heraclitus said his famous words: “change is the only constant” and it comes with a choice to either accept it or resist it and stay behind.    Is this right?  Change may not be easy, but experts say that the pace of change won’t slow…